Pedigree reconstruction and genetic analysis of major ornamental characters of ornamental crabapple (Malus spp.) based on paternity analysis.

ABSTRACT: Ornamental crabapple is an important woody ornamental plant in the Northern Hemisphere. Its flowers, fruits, leaves and tree habit are all important ornamental characters. As there has been no research on the selection of superior parents and phenotypic variation, new varieties of ornamental crabapple are mainly selected from open-pollination progeny. In order to explore the transmission rule of ornamental traits between parents and offspring of crabapple, and to provide a basis for the selection of hybrid parents for directional breeding, 14 pairs of SSR markers were used in this study for paternity analysis of 384 offspring from 4 female parents crossed with 91 candidate male parents. And 273 offspring (71.1%) were matched with only the father at a 95% strict confidence level. We reconst

SUBMITTER: Rong H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9388634 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature